• DOI:10.1002/EVAN.20224
Corpus ID: 56384790

The emergence of human uniqueness: Characters underlying behavioral modernity

@article{Hill2009TheEO,
  title={The emergence of human uniqueness: Characters underlying behavioral modernity},
  author={K. Hill and M. Barton and A. Hurtado},
  journal={Evolutionary Anthropology: Issues},
  year={2009},
  volume={18}
}

K. Hill, M. Barton, A. Hurtado

Published 2009

Biology

Evolutionary Anthropology: Issues

Although scientists are aware that humans share the same biological heritage as do all other organisms on the planet, the reliance of Homo sapiens on culture and cooperation has resulted in what can best be described as “a spectacular evolutionary anomaly.”1:11 The extra‐somatic adaptations, technological dominance, and success of our species in colonizing every terrestrial habitat have no parallel.2 Moreover, Homo sapiens accounts for about eight times as much biomass as do all other… CONTINUE READING

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